Sound Off

Since when is a baby a bump? A woman carries a child. Don’t call it a “bump.”

— St. Clair Shores

Republicans will talk trash about ObamaCare, but those same Republicans will take the $1,000 per child per year tax credit on their income tax and think nothing of it. I think the $1,000 tax credit is simply welfare.

— Clinton Township

With everything going on in schools today, L’Anse Creuse in no way overreacted. School officials were worried about the students’ safety. That young man in fatigues –- in light of all the shootings that have happened — would make anyone suspicious.

— Macomb Township

Everyone should be questioning why the DeVos-backed Mackinaw Center is so involved in breaking teacher unions. It is because it wants to replace public schools with corporate schools that are beholden to shareholders. Wall Street will then run our school systems and own all the properties and the teachers.

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— St. Clair Shores

The stock market reached a new high. Isn’t there an old saying that what goes up must come down?

— Mount Clemens

In a right-to-work states, exactly how much is basic pay?

— Warren

Walking the dog is fine. Leaving its droppings behind, especially on sidewalks, is not. It is even illegal in some communities. Please consider others and use those plastic bags.

— New Baltimore

Extending teachers’ contracts before the right-to-work-law takes effect shows you it’s not about educating our children; it’s about the unions grabbing power. This is wrong.

-- Chesterfield Township

I am disappointed that many school boards are trying to make eight- and 10-year contracts. They spend more time dancing around state law than being concerned about graduation rates.

-- Clinton Township

The Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives would rather shut down the government than raise taxes. The governor and the Republican Legislature in Michigan have no problem shafting senior citizens. My homestead property tax has been eliminated and all income is now taxed. Instead of a state refund, I had to pay $500.

-- Fraser

The Republicans have their tea party and their own infighting, but can you really tell me that the Democrats are in lockstep with the Democratic Party and President Obama’s agenda?

-- Chesterfield Township

Who is going to pay for the new Detroit emergency financial manager and how much is it going to cost?

-- St. Clair Shores

Does anyone know what happened to Angelo’s Restaurant on Van Dyke at 15 Mile Road? It closed suddenly with no notice.

-- Sterling Heights

Goodbye and good riddance to Hugo Chavez.

-- Sterling Heights

I always taught my children to tell the truth, but I am teaching my grandchildren to lie so they can become politicians.

-- Roseville

I know how to save the state some money. Eliminate the Michigan’s Department of Human Services. It wants to put smoke detectors in tents. I can’t decide whether to cry or laugh. That wins the idiotic prize.

-- Sterling Heights

First it was gays in the Boy Scouts, now it is smoke detectors in tents. Why don’t they start making the Boy Scouts wear pink tutus? This is ridiculous.